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File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1449: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] runs early version of [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC program]], predicts [[Manhattan Project]] within 99.5% probability. | File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1449: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] runs early version of [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC program]], predicts [[Manhattan Project]] within 99.5% probability. | ||
File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1592: [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] predicts that [[The Eel]] will escape the [[Nacreum]] "the moment our backs are turned." | File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1592: [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] predicts that [[The Eel]] will escape the [[Nacreum]] "the moment our backs are turned." | ||
File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1592: [[The Eel]], freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant. | File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1592: [[The Eel]], freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant. | ||
File:Scrimshaw_Edward_Burdett.jpg|link=Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|1595: "Priceless [[Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|Scrimshaw collection]] shall be mine," vows pirate captain [[Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Cinnamon Jack]]. | File:Scrimshaw_Edward_Burdett.jpg|link=Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|1595: "Priceless [[Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|Scrimshaw collection]] shall be mine," vows pirate captain [[Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Cinnamon Jack]]. | ||
||Oskar Barnack (1 November 1879 – 16 January 1936) was a German optical engineer, precision mechanic, industrial designer, and the father of 35 mm photography. | |||
File:Didgeridoo wax mouthpiece seal.jpg|link=Geometry solvent|1942: Wax seal on feeding tube enables supervillain [[Gnotilus]] to secrete [[geometry solvent]] directly into [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]]. | File:Didgeridoo wax mouthpiece seal.jpg|link=Geometry solvent|1942: Wax seal on feeding tube enables supervillain [[Gnotilus]] to secrete [[geometry solvent]] directly into [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]]. | ||
File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|1943: ENIAC ("[[ENIAC (SETI)|Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") provides technical and aesthetic assistance to [[Manhattan Project]]. | File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|1943: ENIAC ("[[ENIAC (SETI)|Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") provides technical and aesthetic assistance to [[Manhattan Project]]. |
Revision as of 18:29, 24 July 2017
1449: Canterbury scrying engine runs early version of ENIAC program, predicts Manhattan Project within 99.5% probability.
1592: Cornelius Drebbel predicts that The Eel will escape the Nacreum "the moment our backs are turned."
1595: "Priceless Scrimshaw collection shall be mine," vows pirate captain Cinnamon Jack.
1942: Wax seal on feeding tube enables supervillain Gnotilus to secrete geometry solvent directly into ENIAC.
1943: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") provides technical and aesthetic assistance to Manhattan Project.
1961: Phrenocratic craniometry provided free to qualified waifs.
1964: Publication of The Hal Jordan Playbook damages entire class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1973: The Sprouts game, which Brainiac uses to envelope its prey.
2015: Early version of Analytical Engine happy to know that future versions will be even better.
2016: Black hellebore in black mood today.